- Date
- May 31, 1976
- Place
- Clearlake, CA · CLEARLAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6994Volmer VJ-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760531016259A
- Case key
- 153998
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1460 76/5/31 CLEARLAKE,CA VOLMER VJ-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1749 TIME - 0915 N6994 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWER LAKE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6994
- Reported as
- Volmer VJ-22
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6994Registration cancelled Jun 28, 1976 · Rittenhouse SPORTSMAN VJ-22Airframe modelRittenhouse SPORTSMAN VJ-22
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.